Shifting seat for sleighs



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SHIFTING SBATFOR SLEIGHS. No. 291,635. Patented Jan. 8, 1884.,

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SHIFTING SEAT FOR SLEIGHS.

No.-291,6-35. Patented Jan. 8, 1884.

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which the bar P is pivoted.

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\VILLIAM H.STEINBRECHER, OF DETROIT, MIGHIGAX.

SHlFTlNG SEAT FOR SLEIGHS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,635, dated January8, 1884:,

Application filed September 3, 1583. (No model.)

, To rIIZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. STEIN- BREOHER, of Detroit, county ofWayneand State of Michigamhave invented anewand I useful Improvement inShifting Seats for tion; 3 i y .The object of my invention is to soconstruct acutter or sleigh that it may be either one or Sleighs, ofwhich the following is specifica- 10, two seated. and will be simple,durable, and

readily changed from a single to a double seaied'sleigh, as hereinafterset forth; and my present invention consists in the general coni'struction of parts, as set forth in the following .15 specification. sy In order to. aid others skilled in the art to which my inventionbelongs to make and use it, I willproceed to describe its constructionand operation with reference to the several 2o drawings forming a partof this specification,

is a detached view of the seat jump-irons,

, Fig. 5 is a sectional perspective of the front seat as inverted orfolded down. Fig. 6 isa i Mdetached view of the lower portion of therunner-braces.

In the drawings, Fig. 1, A represents, the usual sleighbottom; B, theadjusting or jump seat; 0, the front or folding seat; S, the side of ythe sleigh-box to which is attached the upright frameF, to which theseat 0 is-hinged and supported, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. The hingesdare provided with a pintle, c, to This bar is also pivoted to themovable brace-irons D. The lower end of these are pivoted to the frameF. (See Figs. 1 and 5.)

; Attached to the hinges d is an L-shaped 5 iron or extension, cl,having a supporting-lug,

i d", which is attached across the under portion of the seat 0. Each endof this seat is provided with a folding L-shaped extension, to,

. pivoted to the seat by means of the L-shaped 5o irons a, being adaptedto fold upon the seat 0, as shown in Fig. 1.

To remove the seat 0, as shown in Fig. 1,

l to the position shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the end portions, a, arefolded toward each other. The seat 0 is then rocked back upon the hingesdd, which causes the seat to drop into the bottom of the box, asshown'in Fig. 3, or the position of Fig; 5. As the seat is rocked backthe bar Pis drawn backward, thus drawing the recip rocating brace-ironsD to a vertical position. against the frame F, as shown in Figs. 3 and5, where they are out of the way; and when the seat is thrown forward tothe position of Fig. 1 the lugs d stop upon the projecting ends ofthebraceirons D, which are thrown outward by the pivoted bars P. \Vhen theseat 0 is in the position of Figs. 3 and 5, the rear seat. B, having thebraces E folded, as hereinafter described, is carried up and forward bythe curved jumpirons h, as shown in dotted lines of Fig. 1, and in Fig.4 ilSllilllOWll forward; by dotted, lines when thrown back. Thejump-irons are in pairs, being pivoted to the bottom of the sleigh-boxand to the under side of the seat B. When the seat- B is moved forward,it passes over the folded seat 0, its front edge meeting the top rail ofthe frame F, as shown in Fig. 8, thus making a single-seated cutter.When the seat B is thrown back, as in Fig. 1, it projects over thesleigh-box, and to properly support it in this position I employ twohollow metal braces, E. (See Figs. 1. and 2.) These braces are pivotedto lugs a a, attached to a suitable transverse bar. R, which is securedto the under side of the seat B, as shown in Fig 2. Near the center ofthis bar I attach two lugs, r 1-, connecting them with the hollow bracesE by two jointed braces, a. The braces E, from the point Y to the top,are slotted, for the purposes hereinafter set forth. Thelower endportion of the braces E are provided with a square opening, Z. A slot isout through the braces, in which the pin 0 slides. These pins passthrough a bolt within the braces, and are pressed down by coil-springsZ, as shown in Fig. 2. Passing from the cut ter body down upon therunners are two braces, I). (See Figs. 1 and 6). The lower portion ofthese braces is provided with an offset having a hole, 6, passingvertically through it. (See Fig. 6.) \Vhen the braces E are in avertical position, to support the seat B, as in Fig. l, the squareopening Z, at the lower end of the braces E, receives the offsetcontaining the hole 6 of the braces 12. The pin 0 being raised draws theinternal bolt within the brace E, and when the braces are in positionthe coilspring Z forces the internal bolt down through the hole 6 of therunner-brace, thus locking the parts together. The jointed braces 66"are then forced down at the center, thus locking laterally the parts tothe seat B. To move the seat forward, as in Fig. 3, the pins 0 areraised and the braces a are thrown up at the center, when the braces Eare swung up under the seat-bottom, as shown at the right hand of Fig.2. The lower section of the braces a fold within the longitudinal slotsformed in the braces E, before mentioned, as the lower ends of thebraces E pass upward. The projecting ends of the bolts at the end of thebraces are caused to spring into the holes of the guards 00 00, attachedto the lugs n a, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. In this position they areheld parallel with the bottom of the seat B, when said seat may bereadily moved for ward, as herein before mentioned.

Having thus described my invention in the most exact terms that I cangive, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In asleigh-seat, the seat G, having hinged L-shaped end portions,saidseat being secured to the frame F by hinges d d, said hinges havingL-shaped extensions d, with lugs d and pintles 6, connecting bars P,reciprocating braces D, said braces pivoted to the frame F, the wholewhen arranged and combined substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the seat B, having jump-irons IL pivoted thereto,the hollow braces E, pivoted to the lugs 12, said braces containing pins0, coil-springs Z, internal bolts, and square openings Z, said openingsand internal bo'lts engaging with the offset and holes 6 of therunner-braces b, as and for the purposes sct forth.

3. The combination of the seat 13, having the rail R attached thereto,the hollow braces E, pivoted to the lugs 11 n, with jointed braces a",pivoted at Y, and to the lugs r, the lower portion of the braces (6adapted to fold within the longitudinal openings of the braces E,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In a sleigh, the seat B, having the jumpirons h attached thereto, theseat adapted to move backward over the sleigh-box, and supported byfolding brace-irons attached thereto and to the runner-braces, asspecified.

WILLIAM H. STEINBRECHER.

\Vitnesses:

R. B. \VHEELER, Jxo. G. DOYLE.

